President Donald Trump on Sunday night time disparaged a portrait of himself hanging within the Colorado Capitol as “purposefully distorted” and referred to as on the state’s Gov. Jared Polis to take it down.
“No one likes a nasty image or portray of themselves, however the one in Colorado, within the State Capitol, put up by the Governor, together with all different Presidents, was purposefully distorted to a stage that even I, maybe, have by no means seen earlier than,” Trump wrote to his social media platform Reality Social.
He acknowledged that the artist, Sarah Boardman, had additionally painted a portrait of former President Barack Obama, which he mentioned seems to be “great,” calling his “actually the worst.”
The portray focused by Trump’s tirade has been hanging up within the Colorado Capitol since 2019 — throughout the president’s first time period in workplace — according to an article revealed by The Denver Put up.
Trump’s social media message didn’t cease on the portrait. His put up went on to berate Polis, calling him a “Radical Left Governor” and demanding the portrait be eliminated.
“I’m talking on their behalf to the Radical Left Governor, Jared Polis, who’s extraordinarily weak on Crime, particularly with respect to Tren de Aragua, which virtually took over Aurora (Don’t fear, we saved it!), to take it down,” he wrote. “Jared needs to be ashamed of himself!”
A spokesperson for the governor mentioned Polis was “shocked to study the President of the US is an aficionado of our Colorado State Capitol and its art work” in an announcement to POLITICO.
“The State Capitol was accomplished in 1901, and options Rose Onyx and White Yuletide Marble mined in Colorado, and contains portraits of former Presidents and former governors,” the spokesperson mentioned. “We respect the President and everybody’s curiosity in our capitol constructing and are at all times searching for any alternative to enhance our customer expertise.”
Polis has pushed again in opposition to Trump’s agenda because the president’s return to workplace, notably the Division of Authorities Effectivity’s federal chopping spree. He accused DOGE of “tearing down the previous with out essentially having a extra environment friendly manner of doing it” throughout POLITICO’s Governors Summit final month.
